Police: Nursing home resident killed 2 with arm of wheelchair

Homicide investigators say an encounter left one man dead and another hospitalized about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a nursing home at 1737 North Loop near Ella.

Homicide investigators say an encounter left one man dead and another hospitalized about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a nursing home at 1737 North Loop near Ella.

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Homicide investigators say an encounter left one man dead and another hospitalized about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a nursing home at 1737 North Loop near Ella.

Homicide investigators say an encounter left one man dead and another hospitalized about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a nursing home at 1737 North Loop near Ella.

Photo: Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle

Police: Nursing home resident killed 2 with arm of wheelchair

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Two men are dead and another is in custody following an attack Tuesday night at a nursing home in northwest Houston, officials said.

The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. at Lexington Nursing and Rehabilitation at 1737 North Loop near Ella, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said the victims, aged 77 and 51, shared a room with a 56-year-old man. That man, who is wheelchair bound, didn't get along with his roommates, police added. Police said he attacked them, hitting them in their heads with the arm rest of his wheel chair.

Police said the man is expected to be charged with capital murder.

Several people showed up at the facility Wednesday morning, saying they had heard about the deaths and had come to check on the welfare of their relatives. They declined further comment.